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Creation care and incarnation

Emmanuel. God with us. Really. In the flesh. The incarnation means that in the most real and concrete way, God is connected to the physical

Joanna Harader

December 30, 2015

It’s still Christmas

Now that Christmas Day is over, many of us feel let down because the day we have been anticipating for so long is over. The

Christine Sine

December 29, 2015

Frightening light

The “rising sun” came unexpectedly and unobtrusively upon those living in darkness. It was a very small light in a very ordinary place. A baby.

Ryan Dueck

December 24, 2015

Bethlehem: beauty and brutality

The Sunday before Advent, I was preaching in Bethlehem. While there, a Palestinian friend I’ve known for nearly 20 years and who shares my appreciation for

Brian Zahnd

December 23, 2015

These long Advent nights

And maybe this is what heroism looks like nowadays: occasionally high-profile heroism in public but mostly just painstaking mastery of arcane policy, stubborn perseverance year

Tommy Airey

December 22, 2015

Could a Kristallnacht happen here?

After a campaign of fear-mongering antisemitism directed at Jews in Nazi Germany, an enflamed citizenry went on a two-night rampage of burning synagogues and vandalizing

Harvey Yoder

December 21, 2015

Jesus’ earliest journeys

Many of us who are parents have at one time or another had the desire to see our children do just what we wanted them to.

Brenda Isaacs

December 18, 2015

Christmas celebration as protest

"In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should be registered." (Luke 2:1) The words are so familiar that

John W. de Gruchy

December 17, 2015

How is a call to arms ‘Christ-centered’?

Daryl Byler, executive director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, wrote this open letter to his former law school colleague Jerry Falwell

Daryl Byler | Eastern Mennonite University

December 16, 2015

An Advent call to Jesus’ way: hospitality, generosity, peace, love

By the tender mercy of our God, the dawn from on high will break upon us . . . to guide our feet into the

J Ron Byler | Mennonite Central Committee

December 11, 2015

The blood of American Christianity will be the seed of the church

It’s a funny thing what makes Christianity grow and flourish. In the Second Century, Tertullian (one of the early Christian theologians), wrote in Apologeticus that

Benjamin L. Corey

December 10, 2015

Jesus is a prayer-shamer

These mass shootings are starting to seem routine. In the wake of the San Bernardino murders, all the politicians and talking heads were behaving predictably.

Micah Bales

December 9, 2015

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